After the sixth cup, he felt as if his entire esophagus and stomach were on fire.
My throat felt dry and tight, and waves of nausea kept rising up.
"Don't drink anymore." Shen Xunye took his wine glass, her voice full of worry.
Chi Li lowered her eyes to look at him, her gaze already somewhat unfocused.
Her cheeks were flushed, and her lips were moist and bright red from the wine.
"Give it to me..." Chi Li stretched out her hand to Shen Xunye, her voice sweet and cloying, "Just one more drink."
"Enough." Shen Xunye abruptly stood up, grabbing his hand as he reached for the empty wine glass. "You don't need to drink the glass that represents my punishment."
"No! You're going easy on me..." Chi Li mumbled, his voice slurred, thick with nasal congestion and drunkenness, his eyes reddening and quickly welling with tears. "The God of Variety Shows will be angry..."
He tried to shake off Shen Xunye's hand, to grab the empty wine glass, and to pour himself one last glass of wine.
Shen Xunye was too lazy to waste any more words with him. Under the astonished gazes of everyone at the table, he leaned down slightly, wrapped his other arm around Chi Li's knees, and with a little effort, picked him up horizontally.
"!!" Caught off guard, Chi Li felt dizzy and instinctively grabbed Shen Xunye's neck.
The strong smell of alcohol mixed with Shen Xunye's clean scent, making him dizzy.
"He's drunk, I'll take him upstairs to rest." Shen Xunye said concisely, his tone leaving no room for argument.
He didn't even glance at the others at the table, focusing only on holding Chi Li, who was unusually quiet due to drunkenness and staring blankly at him with wet eyes, before turning and walking upstairs.
[Such strong boyfriend strength. [arm]]
[ Shen Qiang, you blockhead! You let such a good opportunity slip by! What can I say to you!]
My drunken wife is so cute... I want to kiss her...
[My wife insists on drinking, could it be because of that bastard Zhou Yang?!]
[Most likely, or rather, not for Zhou Yang as a person, but for a failed relationship.]
[Actually, I can understand. She's young, it's her first love, and she ended up with such a terrible person.]
[Waaah, my poor wife, come to your husband's bed, let me comfort you.]
[Thanks for the invitation. He's going to Shen Xunye's bed now.]
"... Go, go to your room." Even drunk, Chi Li was still concerned about maintaining her image.
Shen Xunye didn't speak, but silently quickened his pace.
He carried Chi Li into the dormitory, closed the door behind him, and shut out all prying eyes.
Shen Xunye planned to put Chi Li on the sofa first, and then go to the kitchen to make him some hangover soup.
But the person in his arms clung to him like an octopus, their arms tightly wrapped around his neck, their warm breath spraying onto his neck and chin.
"No... don't let go..." Chi Li protested indistinctly, her voice carrying the unreasonable dependence and coquettishness unique to drunkenness, "It hurts... hold me..."
Shen Xunye ignored his protests, forcibly detached him from his body, and made him sit obediently on the sofa.
"You knew you were feeling unwell, yet you still drank?" His eyes held a mixture of heartache and annoyance. "Just because of your harassing ex-boyfriend?"
"Hehe..." Chi Li laughed, looking up. "... Since you think so too, then... surely some viewers think so too, right?"
Shen Xunye immediately understood what he meant and chuckled, "Who taught you to play the victim?"
"Thank you, Xie Weishui," Chi Li replied obediently. "I want to try it out... to see if it works..."
The opportunity has been presented to him; what's wrong with him taking the chance and playing the victim?
"Don't try it again." Shen Xunye reached out and cupped his face, which was tilting to the side. "Even if it's fake, I don't want... you to get entangled with him again."
"Oh..." Chi Li, feeling tipsy, slowly closed her eyes.
Shen Xunye only heard a dismissive, indifferent tone in that "oh".
He leaned down, closing the distance between them.
His other hand also supported him, resting on the back of the sofa beside Chi Li's ear, forming a completely enveloping posture.
Their breaths mingled close together.
Noticing something was wrong, Chi Li struggled to lift her eyelids slightly.
His vision was blurry and unfocused, and he could only see a vague, well-defined shadow above him, and a pair of unfathomable eyes that shone brightly in the dim light.
"Shen... Xunye?" he mumbled, his voice hoarse and soft, filled with confusion and drunkenness.
Shen Xunye did not answer.
He simply lowered his head and, with perfect precision, kissed those slightly parted, moist lips.
It was not a test, nor a gentle gesture, but a plunder and invasion carrying long-suppressed resentment and bordering on punishment.
The moment their lips touched was a scalding, slightly rough crushing sensation.
Immediately, Shen Xunye's tongue forcefully pried open Chi Li's slightly parted teeth due to surprise and intoxication, and plunged straight in.
"Hmm..."
Chi Li instinctively tried to dodge and push away, but her hands were limp and powerless, unable to budge them even slightly.
He passively endured it, his nostrils filled with Shen Xunye's scent, his ears filled with the rapid, intertwined breaths of the two and the Weishui, blush-inducing sounds of their lips and tongues entwined.
Alcohol amplifies all sensations.
That forceful plunder, the burning body temperature, and the unfamiliar touch on the lips and tongue, a mixture of pain and extreme stimulation...
Everything was in complete chaos, yet it was clearly imprinted on the nerve endings.
After an unknown amount of time, just when Chi Li felt she was about to suffocate and faint, Shen Xunye stepped back slightly.
A thin, ambiguous strand of saliva stretched between their lips.
Chi Li gasped for breath, her chest heaving violently, her lips swollen and red, and tears welling in her eyes.
His eyes were unfocused, staring blankly at Shen Xunye's face, which was so close to his.
His face remained expressionless, only his eyes held a deep, unresolved darkness.
Shen Xunye ran his thumb across Chi Li's moist, swollen lips, wiping away the remaining moisture from the corner of Chi Li's mouth.
Then, he lowered his head and brushed his nose against Chi Li's burning hot earlobe.
The hot breath brushed against that sensitive skin, bringing a new shiver.
"You said it..." His voice was low and hoarse, tinged with lingering desire. "I'm yours."
Chi Li's chaotic consciousness was simply incapable of supporting him in making the right response.
He only vaguely remembered saying those words, so he nodded instinctively.
"Why are you so obedient?" Shen Xunye was amused by his reaction, and couldn't help but push her luck. "So, you're mine too."
Chi Li pouted and thought for a moment, then shook her head. "No... you're mine, and I'm mine too..."
"How domineering." Shen Xunye couldn't help but lean closer and lightly peck him on the lips. "Mmm, it's all yours."
"They're all mine..." Chi Li mumbled, her voice fading as she was dragged into a hazy, half-awake state by drunkenness and exhaustion. "They're all... mine."